Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
EF
English translation:
EF (ejection fraction)
Added to glossary by
Joseph Tein
Oct 21, 2011 19:17
13 yrs ago
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Italian term
EF
Italian to English
Medical
Medical (general)
angioplasty/stent surgery
This comes up at the end of a description of a patient's coronary angioplasty, with a stent implanted in the LAD. The text says:
"Successivo decorso regolare, modesto gemizio ematico in sede di puntura femorale, buona *EF* residua".
This EF suggests "ejection fraction" but that would be "FE" in Italian (frazione di eiezione) so I'm left wondering whether there's another meaning for EF in this case. And it still might be "ejection fraction" since Italians love to borrow English words and abbreviations, and you often find acronyms that derive from English words in Italian writing ... but then again I've never seen a comment about the ejection fraction at the end of an angioplasty report.
TIA :)
"Successivo decorso regolare, modesto gemizio ematico in sede di puntura femorale, buona *EF* residua".
This EF suggests "ejection fraction" but that would be "FE" in Italian (frazione di eiezione) so I'm left wondering whether there's another meaning for EF in this case. And it still might be "ejection fraction" since Italians love to borrow English words and abbreviations, and you often find acronyms that derive from English words in Italian writing ... but then again I've never seen a comment about the ejection fraction at the end of an angioplasty report.
TIA :)
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EF (ejection fraction)
I think it's the same thing! It satay 'EF' in all languages I translate from including German, Slovenian and Croatian :), so I bet it's the same in Italian.
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ARS54
: ...credo di sì, anche se il testo usa - pessimo! (cfr. altra answer) - sia acronimi in ingl, sia in it
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Comment: "Ciao lirka and thanks again. We'll trust that once again the Italians enjoyed borrowing an English abbreviation (see my discussion post)."
Discussion
I am not arguing about the fact that EF is used in Italian, but that it seems rather strange (echoing Joe's own misgivings: but then again I've never seen a comment about the ejection fraction at the end of an angioplasty report) to find it mentioned in this way. I am not a so-called medical professional but a fully qualified doctor. It is often helpful to translators here to think aloud, share my medical knowledge and work through a question together. This is called communicating. Lots of people in fact appreciate it. I do not claim to be infallible, linguistically or medically.
Il cuore è una pompa muscolare, ed è quindi in grado di produrre una forza e realizzare un lavoro. Questa forza ( e quindi la cpacità di lavoro del cuore) può essere misurata con il seguente criterio:
Una pompa muscolare cardiaca che funziona normalmente, se a riposo riceve 100 cc. di sangue, deve essere in condizioni di pomparne via 70 cc. (frazione di ciò che viene eiettato, frazione di eiezione, EF o FE). Infatti il cuore non si svuota mai completamente, proprio per avere una riserva immediatamente utilizzabile in casi di emergenza.
Quindi la FE normale è 0,70 o 70%. Se la pompa muscolare cardiaca è danneggiata in una sua parte (infarto miocardico), oppure ha, in toto, una diminuizione del suo rendimento (cuore dilatato), la FE sarà diminuita. Si considera critico un valore della FE inferiore al 30%.
I'm thinking f for funzionale - esame/esiti funzionale/i?
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